Alex Prettyfer as David and Gabriella Wilde as Jade in the Valentine's Day romance release 'Endless Love.'
Quantrell D. Colbert, Universal Pictures

Written by

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY

HOLLYWOOD - Nicholas Sparks' fearless heart has been tested again and again at the movie box office with love-drenched hits such as The Notebook, Dear John or last Valentine's Day champ Safe Haven.

But when the author looks at the bruising romantic competition for the upcoming V-Day weekend, even he gets weak at the knees.

"If I had a film, I would not want to go head-to-head with all of the films I see going out,'' he says. "I am very interested on a professional level to see how these films flourish in this competition. A lot of them are very similar." ...